Fanatics of the Magic Academy

Just as dusk was falling, Rose arrived just before the bakery closed.

He took out 10 marks and bought the last three loaves of bread.

Rose, clutching three loaves of bread, thought for a moment and then walked in the opposite direction from home.

Just then, a homeless man with black, curly hair, brownish skin, and wearing a vest blocked Rose's way.

"Hey, kid, I'll get you..."

Before he even began to speak, Rose had already started chanting as he approached:

"Wind! Gather, compress, release!"

"Air compression!"

"boom!"

Before he could finish speaking, Rose blasted him away.

He landed hard on his back, slamming onto the ground.

"Cough cough cough..."

He pointed at Rose, who was coughing incessantly due to the severe injury to his back and was unable to speak.

The homeless people around looked at Rose with awe at this scene, their malicious gazes quickly disappearing as they dared not meet Rose's eyes.

I'm still sorry, sir, I didn't recognize you as a magician before.

Originally, with Rose's intelligence bonus of 38 points, this attack would have blasted that person to pieces.

However, with Rose's use of magic and prayer these past few days, he has found a way to reduce the power of his spells and prayers.

This was just an experiment; compared to a full cast, the power was reduced by more than half.

However, in return, what used to require 4 points of focus now only requires 2.

After all, Rose's concentration pressure is quite high, with only 13 points of concentration, and she needs to maintain a "materialistic" state continuously.

He ignored the homeless people and walked into the bridge archway under the bridge pier in the slum.

Inside the bridge arch, Tiana's father held Tiana and watched the outside warily.

Rose arrived at the bridge arch and saw Tiana and her father, one hand holding bread and the other waving at them, saying:

"Hi, we meet again!"

When Tiana's father saw that it was Rose, his guard remained, but he was clearly relieved.

Tiana smiled happily when she saw it was Rose, and said:

"Wow! What brings you here!"

Then, she broke free from her father's embrace and ran towards Rose, standing right in front of him.

Rose took a loaf of bread from her pocket and put it into Tiana's arms.

Tiana, holding the bread, looked at it with sparkling eyes and exclaimed excitedly:

"Wow! Is this for me?!"

Rose smiled at her and nodded, saying:

"Yes, this is a return gift for the bread you gave me last time."

Tiana excitedly twirled around, clutching the bread. She ran to her father, looked up with bright, sparkling eyes, and said:

"Dad, did you see? I gave him such a small loaf of bread the other day, and today he gave me such a big loaf!"

Tiana spoke of "a big chunk" in an extremely exaggerated and bizarre tone.

When Tiana's father saw this, his wariness towards Rose was noticeably reduced.

He patted Tiana's head, then came up to Rose and said:

"Hello, thank you for the bread, it's very important to us."

Rose responded:

"Thank you again for helping me that day. I don't know what would have happened without you all."

An embarrassed expression appeared on the man's thin face as he said:

"No, it was Tiana who insisted on saving you, I just..."

Rose noticed the man's embarrassment. He understood; if he were in the man's shoes, he would have done the same.

"It's alright. At least in fact, you and Tiana are my saviors."

The man looked at Rose with some surprise at the composure beyond his years. He paused for a moment, then pulled Tiana aside and solemnly reintroduced Rose:

"My name is Hans, and this is my daughter, Tiana. We came to the Magic Capital from Crystal Valley."

Rose had never heard of Crystal Valley. He hesitated for a moment, then decided to give a false name.

Although his name was not listed on his arrest warrant, perhaps because his parents hadn't had time to register him,

But it's best to be careful.

Then, Rose smiled and extended her hand to Hans, saying:

"Hello, Hans, my name is Luo Xin."

Hans nodded, extended his thin, cracked hand, and grasped Rose's small hand.

Just then, Tiana said anxiously from the side:

"Me too! Me too! I want to be friends with Luo Xin too!"

Rose and Hans released their hands, and Rose offered her hand to Tiana. Tiana reached out her small hand and grasped Rose's hand, saying happily:

"My name is Tiana, Luo Xin. From now on, we're friends!"

Seeing Tiana's happy expression, Rose's somewhat gloomy mood of the past few days also brightened, and she smiled sincerely:

"Yes, we're friends!"

Then, Tiana stared into Rose's eyes with her bright eyes and said:

Wow! Your eyes are so beautiful!

The words had barely left her lips when, even though Rose was nearly 30 years old across her two lifetimes and possessed a sanity score of 38,

At this moment, he was horrified, his face drained of color. Extreme and disgusting memories flooded his mind, and he could barely maintain his materialistic state.

He gripped Tiana's hand, tightening his grip slightly, intending to instantly refine Tiana...

Tiana, oblivious to Luo Xin's unusual behavior, continued happily:

"Like two sparkling sapphires!"

Through Tiana's brown eyes, Rose saw not gilded vertical pupils, but a pair of calm eyes that shone with azure light.

In an instant, Rose regained her senses, and her eyes, which were about to undergo a strange transformation, returned to normal.

Tiana, who had almost been instantly refined by Rose, released Rose's hand and came to Hans's side, happily saying:

"Dad, I've made a friend!"

Hans patted Tiana's head affectionately.

Rose, regaining her senses, looked at her own hands.

Only then did he realize that those extremely painful memories had never disappeared, never been accepted, and never been let go.

It just piles up in my heart, like a time bomb, temporarily forgotten, but I don't know when it will blow me to pieces.

In short, it's the memory of being taken to the bishop's room.

Because the brain's protective mechanisms temporarily prevent thinking about or processing these thoughts, extreme emotions can arise once they are triggered.

In short, it means it was stressed, or it was triggered by the breathing code.

Coming to his senses, Rose didn't forget his other purpose for coming here. He calmed himself down and said to Hans:

"Mr. Hans, do you know where I can buy enhancers?"

Hans frowned slightly upon hearing this, staring into Rose's eyes as he said:

Why are you asking this?

Rose recited her prepared statement, saying:

"I know someone who is sick and unable to work, but he has to work and needs cheap pain relievers."

Hans listened to Rose's words and expressed his understanding, as this kind of thing was all too common in the slums.

"Okay, I'll give you an address. Go to him during the day; he's usually there, and his prices are generally very reasonable."

Rose nodded and wrote down the address.

Then he asked one last question:

"Mr. Hans, do you know of any channels for recovering corpses?"

Upon hearing Rose's words, Hans's expression became somewhat unnatural, after all, he had previously planned to sell Rose, and Rose had overheard him.

But he still honestly said:

"Yes, quite a few. One is the medical department of the nearest magic academy, and the other is the director of the soup kitchen."

"The supervisor of the soup kitchen?"

Rose was a little dazed. He remembered the kind old man who had given him extra porridge that day.

Thanks to his heightened sense of reason and sharp memory, he recalled the old man's name tag he had seen that morning:

"Supervisor of the South District Congee Dispensary"

Valentine Hope

He blurted out:

"Is this Mr. Valentine Hope?"

Hans looked at the Rossio circuit with some surprise:

"I didn't expect you to know him. Yes, it's him."